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7. Presenting the results using a descriptive method to describe the use of
alay variety in social media, Facebook, and further the motivations
behind the use of alay variety and attitudes of users and ex-users towards the variety.
1.7 Clarification of Terms
To avoid misconceptions and misunderstandings, there are some significant terms have to be clarified as follows:
1 Alay
: Alay is a term used to refer to a written variety that actually
derives from Indonesian or English, but is modified especially in terms of words‟ spelling systems which is mostly done by mixtures or combinations
of numbers, abbreviation, capitals and lower cases Kuswandini 2009; Candra 2010; Wicaksono 2010.
2
Walls or Timeline: Wall or Timeline is an important part of a Facebook
profile, where friends can leave public messages for one another Urban Dictionary.com, Facebook.com.
1.8 Organisation of the Paper
The paper consists of five chapters including Introduction, Literature Review, Research Method, Findings and Discussion, and the Conclusion of the
study. Chapter one or Introduction introduces the background of the study, the
formulation of the problems or research questions, the aims of the study, the scope
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of the study, the significance of the study, the research method and design, clarification of the terms used in the study, and finally the organisation of the
paper. Chapter two or Literature Review contains related theories used as the
foundation of the study and previous studies conducted in the field of Alay variety. The theories reviewed in the chapter are about language and variety, word
formation, language choice, language attitudes, teen and language, and a brief review of related previous research in the field of language attitudes and teen
language. Chapter three or Research Method covers the methodology of the study
including the research design, participants of the study, the resources of the data or data collection, and the steps and procedures in analysing the data which were
gathered. Finally, the chapter displays examples of data analysis of the study presented further in chapter four.
Chapter four presents the results of the study. It consists of the findings of the research and the discussion of the findings that answer the problems of the
study. Chapter five provides the conclusions of the study, an interpretation toward the
findings or the results of the study. It also presents suggestions for further future research in the same field.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Introduction
This chapter aims to give a description concerning the procedure of this study. The chapter firstly covers the formulation of problems which comprises the
issues being investigated in this study. Afterwards, the research design applied during the course of this study encompasses a conceptual structure used in the
research. It constitutes the design of the collection of data, instruments used for the study, and the analysis of the data collected.
3.2 Formulation of Problems
This study presents an examination of people’s language attitudes. It covers an investigation of how people react towards a variety of language use.
The variety which is the focus of the study is an alay variety. The Alay variety here refers to a type of written variety used in Facebook that does not observe the
norms of standard written language. In this study, the participants involved were
classified into two categories, the users of alay variety and ex-users of alay
variety. This study investigates the attitudes of the two categories of the participants towards alay variety. In particular, this study also seeks to reveal the
motivation of the users of alay variety in Facebook.
